Where Angels Fear to Tread
First edition | |
| Author | E. M. Forster |
|---|---|
| Original title | Monteriano |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | William Blackwood and Sons |
Publication date | 1905 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 319 |
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1905 novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's poem An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread".
The BBC adapted the novel for television in 1966 as a Play of the Month. In 1991 it was made into a film by Charles Sturridge, starring Rupert Graves, Giovanni Guidelli, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, and Judy Davis. A ten-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. An opera based on the novel by Mark Weiser was premiered at the Peabody Institute of Music in 1999, and received its professional premiere at Opera San Jose in 2015.